I was reading the post about how asus is inaccurate in displaying proper CPU temps. Does this apply to the CPU temp only or to the motherboard as well?. my idle temps are from 45-48 and load is round 50-52. Case is from 35-38. I am using MBM and the numbers seem to reflect bios as well. my system sp...

I have the 4 thermalright pads on the HS. I want to buy a shim to protect my 3200+ a combination of shim + 4 pads= no contact? or maybe it does. I am not sure. I just want to make sure that it will have perfect contact even if I put the shim on.

Eric

I have a new Barton 3200+ with the Thermalright SLK-800CU. I am wondering if I can use the same base (what is under the motherboard) with the SP97 and all I have to do is screw it in and it will be fine. And what good 92mm fans are out there? I am currently using an underclocked L1A. And has anyone ...

THey are both sata and the drives seem to be working fine. I reset the cmos and now it is found again. Could it be that my memory timings were all messed up? I was using 333 at 2225 settings but i got a 400 mhz fsb cpu and i left it at 2225 settings. could that have been the problem? Thanks

Eric

I have 2 suspended samsung 160 gig hds and for some reason when I restarted it would just hang when it says detecting ide devices. it would just hang there and not start up. Is there something I should do to fix this? Thanks

Eric

Asus a7n8x Deluxe with 3200+ and 512 mb ocz ddr dual channel

Unfortunetely the arctic VGA cooler does not give enough room either I put ramsinks on other side beccause of this problem....

I have that combination but i have my Panaflo undervolted to around 8v since i'm running at stock speeds but at 12 v is was more than enough to run it at 3200+

Eric

Yes you should have an exhaust but perhaps u can undervolt all the way down to 5 v. If you take out exhaust the PSU fan will be blowing out even warmer air. The exhaust is basically ur second PSU fan so it is a good idea ot have one especially if ur ocing

I have completed "silencing" my computer. I have done all I can think of. I finished cutting out the holes for the fans and I now suspended my 2 brand new samsung sp1614n with aphonos's method of using bungee cord. I have 4 total LIA fans (1 is in PSU). Intake and exhuast at 7v . CPU at 9 v. PSU fan...

I was looking for an external dvd-r or a dvd/cdr combo that was slim and required no external power. I could only find the ones at www.expnet.com I was looking forward to using it with my IBM T40. I hear they are noisy. Does anyone have any experience with such things?? Please let me knwo. Thanks Eric

I just bought an IBM Thinkpad R40 laptop. IT is great but it has a whine when the AC is plugged in. I don't really know why. Has anyone come across anything like this? Is there a cure or a bad part?? Please let me know. Thanks

Eric

Too bad your old card got fried. the new XT and Fx ultras are coming out which means the fx 5900 ultra and radeon 9800 pro will be dropping in price in next 1-3 months.

Eric

Samsung 80GB 7200RPM Hard Drive Model# SP0802N


can be found on Newegg.com...quieter that both of the drives you mentioned unless the samsung you listed is the one above.

Eric

I have been trying to find a reasonable deal/vendor for the Sapphire 9800 ultimate edition with the built in zalman hs. Does anyone have any information on these? Thanks

Eric

I am soon going to cut the vents out as soon as I can get some nibblers. I don't know exactly how good it will look though....stupid hands won't stay still hehe..thx frost

Eric

those HS are a little overkill but it will allow you to run the fan at the lowest possible settings.

Eric

What kind of CPU do you have??? If it is or "goin to be" super warm then the new SLk 947 sould be choice. The one I was going to reccomend wasn't even there...hmmm slk-800U. In your position, get either the slk-800u, slk-900 U or slk-947. SLK-900U since it is available is good but make sure it fits ...

I will give ducting a shot. I think I will just undervolt the front fan to 5 since I just want some air going over my cuda 5..thx rust

Eric

The statistics of those fan are physically too good to be true. Those number state increadible noise/air ratio. I have had no experience but most people say that they are quiet IFFFFF you undervolt them but beware vantec stealth have a good amount of bearing noise which to me is more annoying that t...

Clickyness is really not by type of fan, it is more luck than anything. Some fans click...some fans don't..luck of the draw. I would actually reccoment Panaflo over Papst since I have both and I think Panaflo has a better air/noise ratio especially when undervolted. Panaflo 80mm are usually very rel...

Well I think I have done all I can in "silencing" my computer. basically my sig is my configuration but now I am running all fans at 7 v except for intake/exhaust which are at 6 v. All panaflos. suspended my barracuda V. It is indeed quiet but still audible. I guess it is good enough for now. I don'...

Running a panaflo L1A is fine for the zalman 400 APF. I have an L1A in my 400 watt zalman at a smooth8-9v right now and it has been running rock steady.

Eric

The only respectable low cost PSU is Fortran from what I can think of.

Eric

I was looking at the specs for the thermaltake Smart Fan II and It looks like it has very good stats at low RPM.. Can anyone confirm their performance? How would you compare it to a LIA Panaflo? Thanks

Eric

Has anyone found any fans that have leds on them that cool efficiently without the noise. A speeze fan i found blows 37 cmf and is rated at 28 dbs but it could work well with a fanmate. Has anyone found any?

Eric

I have an nec 1300a dvd-+r drive and I want to get a firmware that will make it region free. has anyone had any experience upgrading firmware or know a good website to get firmware for hte nec1300a?? thanks

eric

I'm really not sure....i'm just having bad luck oclocking i think. will tighter timings mean =much better performance??


Eric

I was just wondering how low I could undervolt my panaflo L1a on my zalman 400 APF. I have a fanmate attached to it and I was wondering if it is safe to undervolt it to around 5 or 6 v. My computer is in the basement and itz around 19 C so it is pretty cool where my computer is. Case temp goes to ab...

this may be a troublesome thing to do but reflash with your old bios and see if the temps change or download some software that monitors it. I don't know any extremely accurate software but I bet it is available somewhere.

those temps sound quite off considering that your using a low wattage CPU with respects to the 3 ghz out these days and you are also undervolted. try increasing the fan voltage to see if there is a temperature drop.. the volcano series wasn't that great especially if you modded it with a 6 v fan.